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January in Pictures

Dance students perform for the camera in the Connecticut College Arboretum.
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January in Pictures

Dancing into a new year and a new semester

Dance students watch a video monitor of their performance in the Arboretum.
Filmmaker Liz Charky ’13 shows dance students some early footage from their performance in the Arboretum for a film commissioned by the Dance Department in January.

Capturing movement 

Alumni Khadija Tariyan ’11 and Liz Charky ’13 work on choreography for a film commissioned by the Dance Department.
Dancers work on their choreography for a film commissioned by the Dance Department.

Alumni filmmakers Khadija Tariyan ’11 and Liz Charky ’13 work on choreography for a film commissioned by the Dance Department. The film, tentatively titled “Look into the Corner,” is scheduled to be released this spring. 

A camera captures dancers for a film commissioned by the Dance Department.

First day of classes

Three female students walking across campus in the snow.
Petko Ivanov, Senior Lecturer in Slavic Studies, breaks the ice with students in his Elementary/Intermediate Russian class.
Petko Ivanov, senior lecturer in Slavic studies, breaks the ice with his “Elementary/Intermediate Russian RUS 102/202” students on Jan. 22, the first day of classes for the spring semester.
Connecticut College men’s hockey teammates congratulate players coming off the ice at Dayton Arena.
Men’s hockey forward Quinn Kennedy (27) '27 carries the puck to the goal vs. Middlebury in late January.
Men’s hockey forward Quinn Kennedy ’27 carries the puck to the goal during a matchup vs. Middlebury in late January.

On the ice 

Men's hockey players huddle in celebration after a goal.
Men's hockey player crouches over an opponent vs. Middlebury

The men’s hockey team took on Middlebury at home in late January. 

A female fan cheers on men's hockey at Dayton Arena.

Piecing it together

Overhead shot of student doing a puzzle

Abby Fernald ’26, left, and Grace McDonough ’26 work on a Conn-themed jigsaw puzzle in the Harris Commons on Jan. 9.

Getting involved 

The chess team at the student activites fair.
Members of the Chess Club show off their Top Four Small College Team award from the 2024 Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship during the Student involvement fair in the 1962 Room on Jan. 26.
The Wig & Candle table at the student activites fair
(L-R): Sophia Bianchi ’26, Grace Flynn ’25 and Ali Rubin ’25, all members of the student-run theater club, Wig and Candle, host a table at the Student Involvement Fair.
Jayson Firmin ’25 runs a leg of the 4x200 meter relay at the Coast Guard Invitational in January.
Jayson Firmin ’25 runs a leg of the 4x200 meter relay. Conn’s women’s and men’s indoor track teams competed at the Coast Guard Invitational on Saturday, Jan.13.
Chase Ireland ’27 clears the bar at 8-2.5 in the pole vault at the Coast Guard Invitational in January.
Chase Ireland ’27 clears the bar at 8-2.5 in the pole vault at the Coast Guard Invitational in January.
Errol Apostolopoulos ’27 leaps through the air at a track meet.
Errol Apostolopoulos ’27 gets some serious hang time while competing in the long jump.
The cast of the Conn College theater department production of Urinetown rehearse the opening number choreography.
The cast of the Theater Department production of “Urinetown” rehearse the opening number choreography with Emily Brankman ’26 in Tansill Theater on the second day of a week-long intensive. The show will be performed March 1 and 2 in the Athey Center at Palmer Auditorium.
Tyler Choedak ’27 competes in the 100 yard backstroke vs. Williams College
Tyler Choedak ’27 competed in the 100 yard backstroke as the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams faced Williams College in a dual meet Saturday, Jan. 20, at Lott Natatorium.
Teammates cheer on Emma Lent ’27 as she competes in the 200 yard breaststroke
Teammates cheer on Emma Lent ’27 in the 200 yard breaststroke.
Connecticut College men’s and women’s swimming and diving face Williams College in a dual meet Saturday, January 20, 2024
Riley Madden ’26 broadcasts her weekly radio show, “Pirate Radio” from the studios at WCNI.
Riley Madden ’26 broadcasts her weekly radio show, “Pirate Radio,” from the studios at WCNI in Conn's College Center at Crozier-Williams.
Connecticut College men's basketball forward Dylan Watson (10) '27 powers forward vs. Wesleyan
Men’s basketball forward Dylan Watson ’27 in action vs. Wesleyan at Luce Field House Jan. 14. The team won 64-57 and closed out January with a three-game win streak.

Winning streak 

Connecticut College men's basketball guard Cam Schainfeld '25 dribbling vs. Wesleyan
Cam Schainfeld ’25 rallies against Wesleyan. The Camels got hot, going on a five-game winning streak at the end of January and into early February.
Connecticut College men's basketball forward Elias Espinosa '26 leaps over Wesleyan defenders
Elias Espinosa ’27 leaps over Wesleyan defenders for the shot.
Interim President Wong cheers on the men's basketball team
Interim President Wong cheers on the men’s basketball team at home.
Trainer Sarah Acerbo tends to Connecticut College men's basketball guard Jarron Flynn '24 v. Wesleyan
Trainer Sarah Acerbo tends to guard Jarron Flynn ’24 at Luce Field House.
Men's basketball forward David Murray '24 high-fives the lineup v. Wesleyan in NESCAC action Sunday, January 14, 2024
Men’s basketball forward David Murray ’24 high-fives the lineup vs. Wesleyan in NESCAC action Sunday, Jan. 14.
The campus green covered in snow


February 9, 2024

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